"have one's fingers in many pies" meaning in English

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      "form": "having one's fingers in many pies",
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      "glosses": [
        "To be involved in many, or too many, different things."
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        "(idiomatic) To be involved in many, or too many, different things."
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        {
          "word": "spread oneself thin"
        },
        {
          "word": "wear too many hats"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "be involved in many different things",
          "word": "ידו בכול"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "be involved in many different things",
          "word": "ידו טמונה בכל צלחת"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "be involved in many different things",
          "word": "avere le mani in pasta"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "be involved in many different things",
          "word": "estar en todos los fregados"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "be involved in many different things",
          "word": "estar en todos los saraos"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "be involved in many different things",
          "word": "estar en todas las salsas"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "be involved in many different things",
          "word": "estar hasta en la sopa"
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        "present"
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "(idiomatic) To be involved in many, or too many, different things."
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "be involved in many different things",
      "word": "ידו בכול"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "be involved in many different things",
      "word": "ידו טמונה בכל צלחת"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be involved in many different things",
      "word": "avere le mani in pasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "be involved in many different things",
      "word": "estar en todos los fregados"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "be involved in many different things",
      "word": "estar en todos los saraos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "be involved in many different things",
      "word": "estar en todas las salsas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "be involved in many different things",
      "word": "estar hasta en la sopa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "have one's fingers in many pies"
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